ACTIVITIES FOR VILLAGE DRIVE VILLAGE

Please contact concierge@villagedrivevillage.org or 571-274-5349 for carpooling, more information, or RSVPs.

WEDNESDAY WALK 9 :30 (later time for cooler seasons) every Wednesday.  We walk about a mile.  

BROWN BAG LUNCH BUNCH:  CANCELED; TOO COLD11:30 Thursday, November 17. Bring your own lunch and beverage to hang out with your neighbors at our Village Drive Village benches by the pond at Brentwood Park.  

Meet at our pondside benches in Brentwood Park Playground and Pond.

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8359862,-77.3589107,549m/data=!3m1!1e3  Parking is available at either end of the green trail.

GET THE LATEST COVID VACCINE OR BOOSTER at the Government Center

9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays.  Or noon-5:30 Thursday.

More info: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/novel-coronavirus/vaccine/registration 

FRIENDLY FRIDAY. 6:30-9:00, tbs. Get together with our members and neighbors on a screened porch or a neighborhood backyard. Snacks are provided; please BYOB. Contact the concierge for location.

While we await the times when we can return to safe activities, we will feature some community opportunities on this page. If you’re out of ideas for amusing yourself at home, we have new ideas for virtual activities here:  https://www.villagedrivevillage.org/virtual.html 

Kanopy and other streaming video services offered by the library can be found here: https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/az.php?t=39856.

Here are some tips on how to access Kanopy:  https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/ebooks/kanopy.

MASTER GARDENER Virtual Classes usually Fridays @10:00; register on Thursday. https://mgnv.org/calendar-of-events/ 

MERRIFIELD Virtual Classes often Thursdays @noon or 2:00

• Most recent class available at https://www.facebook.com/MerrifieldGardenCenter 

LIBRARY VIRTUAL EVENTS https://librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar?cid=6524&t=d&d=0000-00-00&cal=6524&ct=59709&inc=0 

DID YOU MISS ONE OF OUR MASTERS MONDAYS?

You can see a recording here:   “The Night of Terror, Suffragists at the Occoquan Workhouse.”

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If you missed this, you can watch it on YouTube here:  https://www.focusonnova.com/masters-monday-susan-gray-fairfax-city-museum-visitor-center-from-chalkboards-to-smartboards-to-virtual-150-years-of-free-public-education/ (copy link to paste in your browser)

If you missed April’s Masters Monday, “Grim Presence: The American Nazi Party in Arlington, Va., 1958-1983,” you can watch a recording here:  https://www.focusonnova.com/masters-mondays-charlie-clark-journalist-falls-church-news-press-grim-presence-the-american-nazi-party-in-arlington-va-1958-1983/  (copy link to paste in your browser)

FAIRFAX City Office of Historic Resources also has recordings of their past programs, many of which are similar to our past Masters Mondays events: https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/historic-resources/programs/recorded-past-programs 

Postponed until??? SPANISH CONVERSATION CLUB: 4:00 every Thursday at The Woodlands Ball Room.

The Spanish Conversation Club is for beginners (and those who want to refresh their skills) to learn and practice speaking with each other, focusing on phrases for polite encounters with Latinos in shops, restaurants, our homes, and travels. The Club has members from Village Drive Village and The Woodlands, led by experienced teachers from our neighborhood. Contact news@villagedrivevillage.org for carpooling or more information. Silver Members may phone their concierge.

To be RESCHEDULED: MASTERS MONDAY.   7:00 at The Woodlands Ball Room.

"Braddock District Town Hall" with Supervisor James R. Walkinshaw, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.  Our newly-elected Braddock Supervisor Walkinshaw wants to get to know us and said, “I plan to spend my first year in office visiting as many neighborhoods and communities as possible, so I can learn what matters to you and where you feel we can improve as a county. “  Here’s a good opportunity to get to know him and to let him know what matters to us.  If you’d like to know more about Walkinshaw and our Braddock District, subscribe to the Braddock Beacon newsletter at braddock@fairfaxcounty.gov.

To be RESCHEDULED: VILLAGE YARD SALE & BOOK EXCHANGE.